From: Remembering that big things sound big: Sound symbolism and associative memory
Large nonwords | Small nonwords | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value | |
Number of vowels | 1.64 | 0.50 | 2.07 | 0.92 | 0.14 |
Proportion “large” vowels | 0.86 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | <0.001 |
Proportion “small” vowels | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.74 | 0.29 | <0.001 |
Number of consonants | 3.07 | 0.62 | 2.50 | 0.76 | <0.001 |
Proportion voiced consonants | 0.68 | 0.35 | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.54 |
Proportion unvoiced consonants | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.32 | 0.54 |
Proportion plosives | 0.46 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.001 |
Proportion fricatives | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.03 |
Proportion affricates | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.09 | >0.99 |
Proportion nasals | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.94 |
Proportion approximants | 0.24 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.93 |
Proportion consonant clusters | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.03 |
Proportion vowel clusters | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.18 | >0.99 |
Onset position voiced consonants | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.006 |
Onset position unvoiced consonants | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.53 |
Onset position plosives | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.001 |
Onset position fricatives | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.93 |
Onset position affricates | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
Onset position nasals | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
Onset position approximants | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.33 |
Onset position consonant clusters | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.18 |
Onset position vowel clusters | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | n/a |